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DU men’s hockey coach David Carle forgoes NHL to stay in Denver

DENVER — Home is where the heart is, and for University of Denver men’s hockey coach David Carle, his home is in Denver. “We chose to make the decision we thought was best for our family,” said Carle when asked about factors that contributed to him signing a multi-year extension. Carle was perhaps the most […]

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DENVER — Home is where the heart is, and for University of Denver men’s hockey coach David Carle, his home is in Denver.

“We chose to make the decision we thought was best for our family,” said Carle when asked about factors that contributed to him signing a multi-year extension.

Carle was perhaps the most coveted candidate during the NHL’s most recent coaching vacancy cycle, so much so that some pundits believed a jaunt north on Interstate 25 to supplant Jared Bednar at Ball Arena may be worth the risk for the Colorado Avalanche.

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DU men’s hockey coach David Carle signs multi-year contract extension

His record speaks for itself. Carle’s 0.694 career winning percentage is the highest all-time among DU hockey coaches. Two national championships, four Frozen Four appearances, and it seemed a natural progression in Carle’s career to test pro hockey’s waters.

When Denver7 asked why the time wasn’t right to make that jump, Carle’s answer was as pragmatic as it’s been consistent:

“I’ve stated it before, there’s no issue in being patient,” said Carle. “27 of 32 jobs have turned over in the last three years. Some of those jobs have turned over multiple times. It’s a reality that I’d be foolish to put my head in the sand and not think it’s a real thing.”

Job security, although high on his list of reasons, wasn’t at the heart of what’s keeping Carle at DU.

“This is, I think, the best job outside of the NHL,” said Carle. “Potentially a better job, and some guys in the NHL would trade with me if they had that opportunity. I love working with our players, I love working in this environment. We love living in Denver, we think it’s a wonderful place to raise our kids.”

With three kids vying for dad’s attention, including a 7-week-old, Carle said keeping his life consistent while continuing to build up the Pioneers’ program ended up being an obvious choice.

“The investment that the school continues to put into our hockey program to ensure that it’s at an elite level is much appreciated,” said Carle.

As it relates to investment, Carle is putting his money where his mouth is to keep Denver competing for national championships.

He’s committing to a multi-year major gift pledge to support current and new initiatives within the hockey program. Carle will be the first Denver Athletics head coach to join the department’s Gold Standard Society. His gift will directly support the Murray Armstrong Hockey Student-Athlete Enhancement Fund and the Athletics Excellence Fund.

“In today’s changing college athletic landscape, we are grateful for philanthropy and season-ticket holder support more than ever to help our program stay at the highest level,” said Carle. “The legacy of Denver hockey wouldn’t be where it is without the foundation laid by coach Murray Armstrong. My family and I are honored to support the Murray Armstrong Fund and become members of the Gold Standard Society with the signing of this agreement. I would invite others to honor Murray’s legacy and support current and future initiatives of Pioneer Hockey at a time when it is as crucial as ever.”

Carle’s impact will reach beyond Denver’s campus. His goal is to impact the entire sport of college hockey in a positive way.

“I’ve spoken a lot on the NCAA regional format and trying to get that changed,” said Carle. “College hockey is a wonderful thing, and we all owe it a lot. Our effort is to try and grow it and make it better.”

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How Oklahoma Prepared for the New Landscape in Collegiate Athletics

The new era of college athletics is finally here. Friday night, a federal judge approved the House v. NCAA settlement, which will change how collegiate athletics are structured. The settlement rolled a few lawsuits together, but the biggest immediate changes will come on July 1, when athletic departments are allowed to distribute around $20.5 million […]

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The new era of college athletics is finally here.

Friday night, a federal judge approved the House v. NCAA settlement, which will change how collegiate athletics are structured.

The settlement rolled a few lawsuits together, but the biggest immediate changes will come on July 1, when athletic departments are allowed to distribute around $20.5 million in revenue sharing in payments directly to athletes.

Name, image and likeness deals aren’t going anywhere, but schools can now directly pay players along with the deals struck between athletes and outside parties, such as those negotiated with donor collectives as well as outside businesses.

Oklahoma, like many schools across the country, has long been planning for this new frontier.

“We’ve prepared for this day,” OU athletic director Joe Castiglione said in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday. “… Now that it’s here we’re ready to share revenue at the maximum allowable amount and add scholarships to create financial certainty for our student athletes.”

To continue to compete at the highest level, schools will have to green light sharing the $20.5 million across its athletes, as Castiglione indicated.

Last December, Oklahoma announced that former chairman and CEO at AT&T Randall Stephenson had agreed to assist Castiglione and the school as an Executive Advisor to the President and Athletic Director.

Stephenson, a longtime supporter of OU athletics, signed on to help the Sooners restructure the budget to prepare “for this new world of college sports.”

Transforming Oklahoma’s football front office to a unit that resembles an NFL front office was one of the early results of his work.

That led to the Sooners appointing Jim Nagy to take over as General Manager for the football program in hopes that his staff’s evaluations and experience at the professional level can get the most out of every dollar delegated to the football roster.

Elsewhere, the athletic department got more creative.

Former OU basketball star Trae Young joined the program as assistant general manager, and Young’s generous donation helped kickstart Porter Moser’s best offseason in Norman.

Jennie Baranczyk’s program relied on relationships as well as a competitive NIL package and involvement by the Jordan Brand to land the nation’s top recruit, Aaliyah Chavez, who will join the program this fall to help the Sooners build on last year’s Sweet 16 appearance.

The investment in Love’s Field gives Patty Gasso’s softball program a big advantage, and the legendary coach has been on the leading edge of NIL in softball since the beginning. Texas Tech’s massive deals with NiJaree Canady may bring more competition into the sport, but Gasso has never been deterred by that before, and she’s stacked back-to-back top-ranked recruiting classes to replenish the talent on her roster.

Skip Johnson is already busy building off his program’s first season battling through the gauntlet of SEC baseball, and fundraising for improvements to L. Dale Mitchell Park have been gaining momentum with the fanbase over the past few seasons.

Another, more unfortunate way that Castiglione and the OU athletic department prepared for the coming legislation is by a 5 percent reduction in workforce, or about 15 employees, according to a recent report in the OU Daily. Castiglione reportedly emailed the OU athletic department employees and informed them that the “modern era of college athletics requires a new blueprint.”

Castiglione said the new revenue-sharing plan meant that OU athletics would have to tighten its belt. That includes, he said, a reduction in his own salary. Castiglione’s most recent compensation package is around $1.93 million, according to Sportico. That ranks fifth nationally and second in the SEC behind Texas. Castiglione didn’t reveal how much his compensation will be reduced.

“To that end, we are further restructuring and streamlining our staff functions so we can strategically reinvest in priority areas that strengthen the rest of our department and support all of our sports,” Castiglione wrote. “Regrettably, this action requires a limited reduction in force. This difficult decision was made with great consideration, understanding it impacts our colleagues and their families. I want you to know that I am adjusting my compensation to reflect these realities as well.”

July 1 will be the one-year anniversary of OU’s move to the SEC. That decision ultimately secured higher revenues for the Sooners in the form of a strong media payout that is only comparable to that of the BigTen. More money from media deals will benefit the entire athletic department.

Adding the official signature to green light the House Settlement will allow Oklahoma to roll out its plans that are years in the making, as the Sooners embark on a new era alongside every school in the country.

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HBCU gymnastics program to shut down

Fisk University’s gymnastics program — the first in HBCU history — is shutting down. The Nashville, TN-based HBCU announced in an email on Friday that it will discontinue the sport. According to College Gym News, the university cited challenges with aligning gymnastics to its current athletics structure. “We are tremendously proud of the history our gymnastics […]

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Fisk University’s gymnastics program — the first in HBCU history — is shutting down.

The Nashville, TN-based HBCU announced in an email on Friday that it will discontinue the sport. According to College Gym News, the university cited challenges with aligning gymnastics to its current athletics structure.

“We are tremendously proud of the history our gymnastics team has made in just three years,” said Fisk Director of Athletics Valencia Jordan. “But we look forward to focusing on our conference-affiliated teams to strengthen our impact in the HBCU Athletic Conference. Fisk is grateful for the hard work, dedication, and tenacity of its gymnasts, staff members, and coaches who made this program possible.”

The groundbreaking program drew national attention from the start. Fisk hired Corrine Tarver— the first Black woman to compete in gymnastics at the University of Georgia and a national champion— as head coach. Morgan Price, who turned down a chance to compete in the SEC, became the team’s breakout star. She joined several other young gymnasts eager to make history on the inaugural HBCU squad.

The team got off to a strong start in 2023 and improved in 2024. Price won the national championship in the all-around and defended her title in 2025.

However, cracks began to appear earlier this season. Tarver, who had also served as athletics director, stepped down midseason. Fisk faced financial aid issues tied to FAFSA processing delays, which created uncertainty for many students. Last summer, Nashville’s Metro Council stepped in with $500,000 in emergency funding to support the university.

Price announced last month she would transfer to Arkansas for her final season. Now, the program she and her teammates helped build appears to be finished. This decision comes about a year after Talladega College — the first HBCU to announce a gymnastics program — ended its own after just one season.

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Simone Biles calls Riley Gaines ‘sick’ over criticism of transgender athletes

Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is going head-to-head with one of the most vocal opponents of transgender girls and women competing in female sports, former college swimmer Riley Gaines. Biles — the most decorated Olympic gymnast is history — called the former college athlete “sick” and a “sore loser” in a post on X Friday […]

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Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles is going head-to-head with one of the most vocal opponents of transgender girls and women competing in female sports, former college swimmer Riley Gaines.

Biles — the most decorated Olympic gymnast is history — called the former college athlete “sick” and a “sore loser” in a post on X Friday night.

“You should be uplifting the trans community and perhaps finding a way to make sports inclusive OR creating a new avenue where trans feel safe in sports,” Biles, 28, wrote. “Maybe a transgender category IN ALL sports!!”

“But instead… You bully them,” Biles continued. “One things for sure is no one in sports is safe with you around!!!!!”

As a college swimmer, Gaines tied for fifth place in a competition with then-University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas, who is transgender, in 2022.

Since then, Gaines has largely built a career as a pundit in conservative media advocating against trans women competing in female sports, arguing that it is unfair to include them in competition and their inclusion is at times unsafe for other competitors.

Gaines, 25, has also built an enormous following on social media, with over 1.5 million followers on X, where she regularly lambastes and mocks transgender athletes.

On Friday, Gaines posted an image of a Minnesota girls high school baseball team, which supposedly includes a trans player. She appeared to taunt the player, referring to her as a boy, which appears to have elicited Biles’ response.

Gaines almost immediately responded to Biles’ criticism in a series of posts on X.

“This is so disappointing. My take is the least controversial take on the planet,” Gaines wrote. “Simone Biles being a male-apologist at the expense of young girls’ dreams? Didn’t have that on my bingo card.”

The issues of trans girls and women competing in female sports has become a lightning rod issue in the United States in recent years.

In February, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to prohibit transgender women and girls from competing in female sports.

Before that, at least 27 states already had laws, regulations or policies banning transgender students from participating in sports consistent with their gender identities, according to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ think tank.

This article was originally published on NBCNews.com

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Joe Castiglione calls NCAA settlement an ‘unprecedented opportunity’

The world of college athletics is entering a new era. On Friday night, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House settlement in the U.S. Northern District of California, ushering in revenue-sharing for the first time in NCAA history. Beginning July 1, Division I schools will be allowed to share $20.5 million directly with athletes, an amount that will increase annually. Schools have […]

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The world of college athletics is entering a new era.

On Friday night, Judge Claudia Wilken approved the House settlement in the U.S. Northern District of California, ushering in revenue-sharing for the first time in NCAA history. Beginning July 1, Division I schools will be allowed to share $20.5 million directly with athletes, an amount that will increase annually.

Schools have been preparing for this moment for months while awaiting the decision. OU athletic director Joe Castiglione, who confirmed in a December email to fans the program planned to share the maximum allowable revenues with their athletes, wrote Saturday he sees this new era as an “unprecedented opportunity” for his athletic department.

“The approval of the House settlement brings clarity to the future of college athletics,” Castiglione wrote Saturday on X. “But it also offers unprecedented opportunity for (OU athletics) to excel as never before.

“We’ve prepared for this day, and now that it’s here we’re ready to share revenue at the maximum allowable amount and add scholarships to create financial certainty for our student-athletes.”

Most FBS athletic departments plan to allocate roughly 75% of revenue-sharing to football ($15 million), 15-20% to men’s basketball, 5-10% to women’s basketball and the rest for other non-revenue generating sports.

OU exceeded $200 million in revenue for the first time in the 2024 fiscal year, according to the annual financial report the school filed with the NCAA in mid-January. The department also set a fundraising record for the second time in three years last year. The Sooners received a record $110.3 million in total donations and pledges during the 2023-24 fiscal year, surpassing the $109 million raised during the 2022 fiscal year.

Castiglione has taken numerous steps over the past year to ready his athletic department for revenue-sharing. He has partnered with former AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who serves as executive adviser to the president and athletic director, to “help guide us into restructuring our budget for this new world of college sports and into developing a football structure with elements similar to professional sports teams.”

Last July, the Sooners announced a new structure for football recruiting operations, partnering with former Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football administration Jake Rosenberg. Stephenson and Rosenberg were influential in hiring OU general manager Jim Nagy, who has gotten busy building out an NFL-type front office for the Sooners’ football program.

OU also hired NBA star Trae Young as its men’s basketball assistant general manager. In the role, Young will “lend support in OU player personnel and strategic roster management planning, and will serve a critical role in helping build student-athletes’ brands and maximizing their potential,” according to the school. Young will also be “assisting with the evaluation of high school and transfer portal prospects, as well as helping negotiate player contracts,” per the school’s release.

Castiglione has said previously the school remains committed to all 21 sports. Cutting sports is one of many concerns for some following the settlement approval for those involved in college athletics.

However, due to the unprecedented changes, OU athletics is laying off 5% of its full-time employees, the school confirmed May 25 to The Oklahoman.

“OU student-athletes will continue to benefit from creative NIL partnerships worthy of their value and the enthusiasm they inspire in our fans,” Castiglione continued Saturday on X. “Amid all the change we see, our commitment to OU’s tradition of excellence remains steadfast.”

Colton Sulley covers the Oklahoma Sooners for The Oklahoman. Have a story idea for Colton? He can be reached at csulley@oklahoman.com or on X/Twitter at @colton_sulley. Support Colton’s work and that of other Oklahoman journalists by purchasing a digital subscription today at subscribe.oklahoman.com.

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Direct pay to college athletes starts July 1. Here are other key dates

It took five years for the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and five major conferences to reach a settlement. Now comes the process of implementing it. The following are significant dates: June 6, 2025 Settlement approved; settlement-related NCAA rules are effective, as adopted by the NCAA Division I Board on April 21, 2025. […]

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It took five years for the $2.8 billion antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and five major conferences to reach a settlement. Now comes the process of implementing it.

The following are significant dates:

June 6, 2025

Settlement approved; settlement-related NCAA rules are effective, as adopted by the NCAA Division I Board on April 21, 2025.

June 11, 2025

NIL Go portal launches.

June 15, 2025

Opt-in deadline for non-defendant schools to fully commit to revenue sharing.

July 1, 2025

First date for direct institutional revenue-sharing payments to student-athletes.

July 6, 2025

Opt-in schools must “designate” student-athletes permitted by the settlement to remain above roster limits.

Start of 2025-26 academic year

Except for the “designated” student-athletes, fall sports must be at or below roster limits by their first day of competition.

December 1, 2025

Except for “designated” student-athletes, winter and spring sports must be at or below roster limits by their first day of competition or Dec. 1, whichever is earlier.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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Judge Approves House Settlement; Nebraska AD Troy Dannen Issues Statement

A new era of collegiate athletics is here. A California judge Friday evening approved the House v. NCAA settlement, bringing forth revenue sharing and roster limits, among other changes to collegiate athletics. In the wake of the decision, multiple entities released statements. “Today’s decision in the House case represents the latest step in the ongoing […]

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